If you have been following
the collector or classic automobile market for the last few years you
will have noticed there is no end in sight in terms of auction prices on
many of the more desirable collectibles. Obviously this has
excited the overall market to the degree that just about all collectible
automobiles (and I mean that loosely) have skyrocketed in price in the
last few years. I personally have been in the automobile
collection markets since I was a kid in the 1960's. I have always
had a personal sense of what and why certain cars can make good long
term investments, and which cars no matter what people have thought
about them in their present state seeming do poorly in the long term
investment analysis. Generally speaking collecting classic
automobiles was never considered much of a true investment as compared
to things such a California real-estate or high quality stocks. So
if you don't have the required love of automobiles to start with
collecting classic cars may not be a good investment for you. On
the other hand if you simply love everything about really cool cars you
can at least break-even and even profit with the right knowledge and
experience and willingness to learn from the market. That is exactly
what this site is all about.

Juan Manuel Fangio's 1954 Mercedes Benz
W196 is one of my favorite cars of all
time. It was sold by Bohnams at Goodwood last year for
$31,629,000 (includes buyers fee) making it the second most expensive car to sell at auction. I have collected scale
models of this racing car since the early 1960's.

To the right you will notice the blue
1964 Aston Martin DB5which was just sold at auction in Pebble
Beach, California, on August 17, 2014 at the Goodings & Company
event for $1,485,000. This is of interest to me especially since when I lived
in Sausalito, California in 1981 a British racing green version of this
same car came to my attention because a friend of mine was offered to
buy this car from a famous artist for less than $10,000 because of his
frustration with the car. I personally checked the car out and at
the time I figured the low ball wholesale on this vehicle was around
$20,000. She of course bought and resold it right away for a small
profit. Even though one could buy a small 2 bedroom condominium in
Sausalito for just over $100 thousand back in 1981 which might sell
today for at least six times that. This was quite an investment
for all involved because this car has appreciated by nearly 75 times
of the then low wholesale value of $20,000. Even with
storage, maintenance fees, insurance costs this type of investment would
be better than buying Apple stock during that same time
period.

In summary that is what this web site is
about. It is designed to educate the serious or not so serious
collector or vintage car investor about these most interesting markets
and latest trends. We will stay focused from month or sooner
if necessary of what is happening in this very exciting market.